Trump reversed his policy about separating families after saying only Congress could do it. What a damn liar!
BREAKING: President Trump just signed an executive order to keep families together at the border, reversing his position that he has no authority to do so https://t.co/lbfrZeJ4uR pic.twitter.com/gbOeJeEDA8
— CNN (@CNN) June 20, 2018
YOU DON’T THANK THE KIDNAPPER FOR RELEASING THE HOSTAGES https://t.co/ecLSmuiidc
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) June 20, 2018
At some point there will be a crisis that is not of the White House’s own making and they will need people beyond the president’s base to have faith in what they say. https://t.co/8d1AdeYm0w
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 20, 2018
It’s also an executive action she said that Trump couldn’t take, and “only” Congress could act https://t.co/x87efNrzgc
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 20, 2018
When we made this, people accused us of exaggeration, but it was really almost entirely rooted in Trump's campaign promises. It's remarkable how focused his administration has been on bringing so many of those pledges to bear. https://t.co/c13oHTOcYd
— Kathleen Kingsbury (@katiekings) June 20, 2018
9 months old. Someone’s 9 month old baby is here. In New York City. Without parents. https://t.co/jYSdm0i2YE
— Jamie Stelter (@JamieStelter) June 20, 2018
Here's a clue that the executive order was slapped together and posted on short notice: The White House misspelled "seperation" in the heading. https://t.co/R00q5wMUii pic.twitter.com/JABvXeJ9ha
— Gregory Korte (@gregorykorte) June 20, 2018
This is why Trump thinks he’s winning: by creating a crisis all now accept the idea that there is an immigration crisis… https://t.co/MD5LoE0QKJ
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) June 20, 2018
This tweet was just 3 days ago. https://t.co/TFGcpsJ6gT
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) June 20, 2018
POTUS created family separations at the border, and now he wants credit for ending them. This is how dictators operate. https://t.co/JiF9uCZwMv
— Jill Filipovic (@JillFilipovic) June 20, 2018
Key: trump ends separation policy. Remember – dhs secy said policy didn’t exist. Cites “zero tolerance” remains. Lack of tolerance is how we got in trouble w/ separation. Justice is about law and fairness. If potus doesn’t get that – doomed to repeat same mistake. #DOYOURJOB
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) June 20, 2018
Is there no one—not a single person—with a political appointment in this administration who has the soul, the decency, the moral backbone to quit over family separation? Not one?
— Ruth Marcus (@RuthMarcus) June 20, 2018
To be clear: This is not a story about the media. This is a story about the Trump administration’s decision to enforce a “zero tolerance” policy at the border https://t.co/4sujwcsJDn
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) June 20, 2018
About that Peace Prize nomination … https://t.co/nO07MyAL1r
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 20, 2018
The president’s order does not solve this problem. It does nothing to reunify the 2,300 children who have been taken from their parents. pic.twitter.com/jo2knb8eT8
— Senator Bill Nelson (@SenBillNelson) June 20, 2018
Per DOJ press call and convos with HHS, DHS: No one seems to have a plan for reuniting these 2300 kids with their parents
— Julia E. Ainsley (@JuliaEAinsley) June 20, 2018
Gene Hamilton, counsel to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, said he couldn't say when the migrant children separated from families right now will be reunited with their parents.
He referred reporters on a White House conference call to HHS and DHS officials. https://t.co/fPmcXqQtgr
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) June 20, 2018
That's one reason why Trump's executive order is worded to only require that the family be kept together "where appropriate and consistent with law and available resources." As a practical matter, children will still be taken from their parents under his new policy. https://t.co/YSCoBnGR9p
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) June 20, 2018
Sad! 